See seldom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "barking dogs seldom bite"
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"text": "They seldom come here now.",
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"text": "I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.",
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"text": "I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.",
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"ref": "1984, 20:05 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), →OCLC:",
"text": "I'll miss the sea. But a person needs new experiences. They draw something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change, something sleeps inside us and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.",
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"ref": "2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times:",
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"ref": "2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:",
"text": "Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.",
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "selde"
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "نَادِرًا"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hazvadep",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "հազվադեպ"
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"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "raramente"
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "কদাপি"
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hcaihkatachka",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ဆယ်ခါတစ်ခါ"
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{
"code": "my",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ဖြစ်ခေါင့်ဖြစ်ခဲ"
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "伄儅 /伄𰁸"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "eo",
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "harva"
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"code": "fo",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjáldan"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "harvoin"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "išviatad",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "იშვიათად"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "לְעִתִּים רְחוֹקוֹת"
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "sjaldan"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "មិនសូវ"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "좀체로…않게"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "드물게"
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{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bedegman",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "بەدەگمان"
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{
"code": "ky",
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"roman": "az",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "bǭ sū",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ບໍ່ສູ້"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "la",
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{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "retai"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "nedažnai"
},
{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "retko",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ретко"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "jarang"
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{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "rari"
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{
"code": "mn",
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"roman": "xaajaa neg",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "oj",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"code": "fa",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ندرت"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "be nodrat",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "به ندرت"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "raramente"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ре́дко"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "gd",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
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"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
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"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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{
"code": "tg",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"code": "tt",
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{
"code": "tt",
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{
"code": "th",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
"word": "ไม่บ่อย"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "infrequently, rarely",
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"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "sjaldan"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic sjaldan",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From late Middle English seldom, alteration of earlier selden, from Old English seldan (“seldom”), from Proto-West Germanic *seldanā, from Proto-Germanic *seldanē.\nCognate with Saterland Frisian säilden (“seldom”), West Frisian selden, komselden (“rare, seldom”), Dutch zelden, German selten, Danish sjælden, Norwegian sjelden, Swedish sällan, Faroese sjáldan, Icelandic sjaldan. More at seld and selly.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more seldom",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "seldomer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most seldom",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "seldomest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "seldome",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "more",
"2": "er"
},
"expansion": "seldom (comparative more seldom or seldomer, superlative most seldom or seldomest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "seld"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:",
"text": "a suppressed and seldom anger",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1850, Vignaud Pamphlets: Sir Isaac Newton, page 513:",
"text": "He was very curious in his garden, which was never out of order; in which he would at seldom times take a short walk or two, not enduring to see a weed in it.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Rare; infrequent."
],
"links": [
[
"Rare",
"rare"
],
[
"infrequent",
"infrequent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic) Rare; infrequent."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "geason"
},
{
"word": "uncommon"
},
{
"word": "rare"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛldəm/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-seldom.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/En-us-seldom.ogg/En-us-seldom.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/En-us-seldom.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛldəm"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjadǎk",
"sense": "infrequent",
"word": "рядък"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "infrequent",
"word": "sjælden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "infrequent",
"word": "ongewoon"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣaribi",
"sense": "infrequent",
"word": "ღარიბი"
}
],
"word": "seldom"
}
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